KPSP-LP
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KPSP-CD is a CBS
-affiliated Class A
low-power
television station
serving California's Coachella Valley
(the Palm Springs
DMA). It is officially licensed
to Cathedral City
. Its studios and offices are in Thousand Palms, California
. The station is owned and operated by Desert Television, which also owns KYAV-LP
, a Spanish-language affiliate of Azteca America
which has folded business operations on October 18, 2009.
KPSP refers to itself on-air as "KPSP Local 2," as channel 2 is its designation on all Coachella Valley area cable systems; it is seen over the air on UHF
channel 38. (Confusingly, a different station in the market - KCWQ-LP
- actually broadcasts on over-the-air VHF
channel 2.)
. When KPSP went on the air, the Coachella Valley area cable companies displaced KCBS-TV (at KCBS's request), and KPSP adopted the "CBS 2" moniker, following the practice of major local competitors in using its cable designation for branding purposes. The KDPX call letters are now on channel 45, the local ION affiliate.
On April 1, 2008, KPSP switched from branding itself "CBS 2" to "KPSP Local 2"; the "CBS 2" logo was retained for several months afterwards.
At one point, KPSP aired its early evening newscast from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., advertising it as a single 90-minute newscast, with the CBS Evening News
airing at 6:30; the station has since moved the CBS Evening News to 5:30.
KPSP is a media partner of The Desert Sun
, the major local daily newspaper
.
Rich Fields
, KPSP's former Chief Meteorologist (August 2002 to April 2004), went on to become the announcer on the CBS game show, The Price is Right
from April 4, 2004 until July 2010. He is currently a part-time meteorologist for KCBS-TV
and KCAL-TV
in Los Angeles.
Reporters
Local 2 Weather Team
Local 2 Sports Team
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
-affiliated Class A
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
low-power
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
serving California's Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California. The valley extends for approximately 45 miles in Riverside County southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains to the saltwater Salton Sea, the largest lake in California...
(the Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...
DMA). It is officially licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to Cathedral City
Cathedral City, California
Cathedral City is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 51,200 at the 2010 census. Sandwiched between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, it is one of the cities in the Coachella Valley of southern California...
. Its studios and offices are in Thousand Palms, California
Thousand Palms, California
Thousand Palms is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 7,715 at the 2010 census, up from 5,120 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Thousand Palms is located at ....
. The station is owned and operated by Desert Television, which also owns KYAV-LP
KYAV-LP
KYAV-LP is a Spanish-language television station serving the Palm Springs, California area as an Azteca America affiliate. It broadcasts over-the-air in analog on VHF channel 12 and on Time Warner Cable channel 19...
, a Spanish-language affiliate of Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
which has folded business operations on October 18, 2009.
KPSP refers to itself on-air as "KPSP Local 2," as channel 2 is its designation on all Coachella Valley area cable systems; it is seen over the air on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 38. (Confusingly, a different station in the market - KCWQ-LP
KCWQ-LP
KCWQ-LP is the low-powered CW-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley that is licensed to Palm Springs. It broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 2 and a digital signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10...
- actually broadcasts on over-the-air VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 2.)
History
KPSP-LP signed on with CBS programming on September 2, 2002. Prior to KPSP-LP signing on as a new affiliate, CBS programming came into the Palm Springs market via cable or antenna through Los Angeles' KCBS-TVKCBS-TV
KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...
. When KPSP went on the air, the Coachella Valley area cable companies displaced KCBS-TV (at KCBS's request), and KPSP adopted the "CBS 2" moniker, following the practice of major local competitors in using its cable designation for branding purposes. The KDPX call letters are now on channel 45, the local ION affiliate.
On April 1, 2008, KPSP switched from branding itself "CBS 2" to "KPSP Local 2"; the "CBS 2" logo was retained for several months afterwards.
At one point, KPSP aired its early evening newscast from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., advertising it as a single 90-minute newscast, with the CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
airing at 6:30; the station has since moved the CBS Evening News to 5:30.
KPSP is a media partner of The Desert Sun
The Desert Sun
The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley of Southern California.It is owned by Gannett publications since 1988 and acquired the Indio Daily News in 1990 to become the sole local newspaper....
, the major local daily newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
.
Rich Fields
Rich Fields
Richard Wayne "Rich" Fields is an American broadcaster, spokesman, announcer and meteorologist, best known for being the announcer of the American version of The Price Is Right from 2004–2010....
, KPSP's former Chief Meteorologist (August 2002 to April 2004), went on to become the announcer on the CBS game show, The Price is Right
The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is a television game show franchise originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and created by Bob Stewart, and is currently produced and owned by FremantleMedia. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also includes merchandise such as video games, printed...
from April 4, 2004 until July 2010. He is currently a part-time meteorologist for KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...
and KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...
in Los Angeles.
Current on-air staff
Anchors- Brooke Beare - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Stella Inger - weekday mornings Local 2 Morning News
- Kris Long - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Todd Piro - weekday mornings Local 2 Morning News
- Tom Tucker - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Marissa Mike - general assignment reporter (also segment producer)
- Arthi Nehru - general assignment reporter
- Kate Cagle - general assignment reporter
Local 2 Weather Team
- Karlene Chavis - meteorologist; weekday mornings
- Patrick Evans - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Jenifer Daniels - meteorologist; weekends at 6 & 11 p.m.
Local 2 Sports Team
- Scott Hennessee - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.M (also host of entertainment show Eye on the Desert)
Former on-air staff
- Kimberly Cheng (now at KNXV in Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
) - Adrianna Costa (has since worked as Entertainment Reporter for Good Day LA, E! Network, CNN, TV Guide Network, Access Hollywood, and Extra.)
- Mike Hatton (now an actor and comedian)
- Drew Johnson (went on to host The Speed Report for SPEED Channel)
- Natalie Brand (now at KPTVKPTVKPTV is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Portland, Oregon market, which includes most of the state of Oregon and portions of Southwest Washington. KPTV is owned by the Meredith Corporation in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KPDX , with its studios located in Beaverton and...
in Portland, OregonPortland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
) - Rich Fields (7 year announcer of The Price is Right on CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
and now at KCBS-TVKCBS-TVKCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter...
/ KCAL-TVKCAL-TVKCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...
, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
) - Courtney Dwyer (now at XETVXETVXETV is a television station licensed to Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, serving as the CW Television Network affiliate for the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States...
in San Diego) - Mary Hensley
- Jodi Kodesh (now at KNSDKNSDKNSD is the NBC television station based in San Diego, California. It is owned by a joint venture of NBCUniversal and LIN TV . However, because NBCUniversal has majority control, KNSD is run as an NBC owned and operated station...
in San Diego) - Reggie Kumar (now at KRON in San Francisco)
- Anndee Laskoe
- Evan Michael
- Kacey Montoya (now at KOINKOINKOIN is the CBS affiliate television station serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Portland, Oregon, United States; it broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 40...
in Portland, OregonPortland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
) - Keith Smith
- Nicky Vallee (now in public relations)
- David Wohl
Station slogans
- The Desert's News Station (2002–2008)
- CBS For The Coachella Valley (2008–present)